NetFlash: Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet

NetFlash: Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
08/01/05

In this issue:

* Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
* Black Hat event highlights RFID and VoIP security threats
* The CEO's sidekick
* Hack cracks Microsoft anti-piracy check
* Radio: Black Hat wrangling
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

To recap: ISS researcher Michael Lynn gave a controversial
presentation at the Black Hat conference - as a result he lost
his job and faced legal repercussions. Thursday, a legal
agreement was reached that required him to return any materials
or disassembled code related to Cisco and never to discuss the
materials related to the presentation he gave at the Black Hat
conference on July 27. The agreement, signed by all parties,
also required Black Hat to never disseminate a video made of
Lynn's presentation and to deliver to Cisco any video recording
made of Lynn.
However, just one day after the agreement was made the
information was published on the Internet.
Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4145>

Black Hat event highlights RFID and VoIP security threats

News last week was dominated by the saga of security researcher
Michael Lynn, which is highlighted above. But there was much
more going on at the Black Hat conference: plans to bring
encryption to VoIP phones, technologies for better securing
e-commerce, and more.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4146>

The CEO's sidekick

All the world's a stage for demo guy Jim Grubb. Cisco CEO John
Chambers often gets topical during his trade show keynotes. At a
recent event, he spent several minutes outlining a litany of IT
headaches facing the U.S. healthcare industry, and of course,
some of Cisco's high-tech aspirin.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4147>

Hack cracks Microsoft anti-piracy check

Microsoft Friday acknowledged that hackers were able to bypass a
process implemented last week to ensure users of Microsoft's
update services had legitimate copies of Windows before
downloading updates and content from those services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4148>

Radio: Black Hat wrangling

Network World Test Alliance member Rodney Thayer joins the
program from the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas to
discuss the legal wrangling of researcher Michael Lynn. A former
ISS staffer, Lynn exposed a previously unknown exploit for Cisco
IOS, the core operating system for many of its popular routers,
and landed himself in hot water. Listen in:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4149>

Today on Layer 8, which was not moved by the trade deadline:

Al Gore's 'Net TV launches; Fox network to start podcasts for
its shows; Network World endangers your life; and the winner of
the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at
your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4142>

2. Cisco, ISS, Michael Lynn and Black Hat sign legal accord
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4143>

3. Researcher at center of Cisco router-exploit controversy
speaks out <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4144>

4. 2005 Salary Survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3929>

5. Cisco nixes conference session on hacking IOS router code
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4046>
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To contact: Sheryl Hodge

Sheryl Hodge is the Senior Online Copy Chief for Network World
Fusion. She can be reached at <mailto:shodge@nww.com>
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commentaries from leading experts on storage strategies for
smaller businesses.
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